Auditor general to release reports on greenhouse gases, coal exports, pesticides
The audits say Ottawa quietly dropped work on the coal-export ban and found delays, overruns and weak controls across several federal programs.
- On Thursday, Auditor General Karen Hogan released a report revealing that Environment Canada quietly abandoned efforts to ban thermal coal exports in November 2024, despite a 2021 international commitment to reach that goal by 2030.
- Environment Canada halted the three-year initiative following lobbying from the coal industry, yet produced no official documentation or public announcement regarding the decision to discontinue enforcement work.
- Audit findings show thermal coal exports were higher in 2025 than in 2021, revealing a stark divergence between Canada's international climate pledges and current trade outcomes.
- Canada's role as co-chair of an international alliance dedicated to helping other nations transition away from coal is now undermined by this policy reversal, according to the report.
- Tabled in the House of Commons on Thursday, the report sets the stage for parliamentary debate, with opposition MPs and government officials expected to address the lack of transparency.
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Ottawa quietly abandoned promise to end thermal coal exports, audit says
OTTAWA — Environment and Climate Change Canada abandoned its work to end thermal coal exports, without any record of being directed to do so — something Canada's auditor general said she's never seen before in 20 years of auditing the federal governm
Canada facilitates exports of coal to the United States year after year.
Environment and Climate Change Canada has abandoned its work to stop the export of thermal coal without ever informing the public and without any trace of a directive to that effect.
Ottawa quietly abandoned its promise to end thermal coal exports, auditor finds
A report from the federal auditor general published Thursday reveals Environment and Climate Change Canada quietly gave up on its plans to end thermal coal exports years ago without notifying the public and without record of being directed a do so.
Canada quietly abandoned promise to end thermal coal exports, audit says
Environment and Climate Change Canada abandoned its work on ending thermal coal exports without ever notifying the public and without any record of being directed to do so, according to a new audit.
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